Where Tottenham Hotspur finish in the Premier League this season will have an impact on what they get out of the Champions League next season.

As long as Chelsea can't make up an eight-point gap, Spurs are on course to finish in the top four, which would bring Champions League football to the club for a third successive year and to Tottenham's new £850m stadium which will open this summer.

Mauricio Pochettino's men reached the last 16 of the Champions League this season and lost out on a quarter-final place through three crazy minutes at Wembley against Juventus.

The Tottenham manager is now focusing on Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United and also catching Jose Mourinho's men in the Premier League in the remaining four games. Spurs are three points behind second-placed United, who have a game in hand.

From this season, the top four of the leading three European associations – of which England are one – earn direct qualification to the Champions League group stages.

Mauricio Pochettino (Image: GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

That, though, doesn't mean Spurs, who are currently fourth, won't gain in Europe's elite club competition from finishing higher up the table.

The split of a country's market pool – the share of money each association has proportionate to the value of their Champions League television deal – is determined by two halves.

In one half, the reigning Premier League champions take 40%, with the runner-up earning 30 per cent, third 20 per cent and fourth 10 per cent. The other half is split based on the number of games played in the competition.

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That means last year's champions Chelsea have, at present, earned almost as much as Liverpool in this season's Champions League despite being eliminated in the first knockout round and winning fewer games while Jurgen Klopp's side are in the semi-finals.

There is also the financial benefit for Pochettino's men from the Premier League itself, which offers prize money on an scale depending on how high up the table a team finishes.

Each place is believed to be worth £2m, meaning Tottenham could make an extra £4m by finishing second rather than fourth in the table.